Sylvia Plath Quotes

The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.

I grew up in a small hotel with many rooms, so when I became aware of 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,' I inspected all the wardrobes, sure one had to be a portal to another world. I was also a true believer in faeries, and perhaps still am.

I find Godzilla exciting because he/she/it comes from the sea. It's entirely plausible that it could be real. Yes it is! It doesn't take a huge stretch in the imagination to imagine that something may be living at the deepest depths of one of our oceans.

I need to be believe that dragons are real. I want them be a real thing.

When I was a kid, Santa, the Tooth Fairy, my stuffed animals - they were real. There is the tremendous suspension of disbelief that you have as a child. It's harder as an adult.

I am especially fascinated with mermaids, and they are always coming out in pirate stories.

I don't want to hear any more women talk about how they want to be... mermaids.

Harry Potter's like Santa Clause: something you can't see but wish was real so badly that you end up believing in it.

South Africa is not a jellyfish and is in many respects a swordfish.

There's something about girls and unicorns that's deep and meaningful. Something about childhood.

When I was a kid, I believed in Santa Claus. But it was very tough because in the Dominican... there are not a lot of rich people there.

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library.

I think we have to believe in things we don't see. That's really important for all of us, whether it's your religion or Santa Claus, or whatever. That's pretty much what it's about.

Fairy tales were important to me. Aren't they for any kid? My sister says I spent a good five years of my youth convinced I would grow up to be a princess.

To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.

'Ocean's Kingdom' is a fairy story with no subtext, no resonance - it's not about anything except its water-logged plot.

Do you believe in fairies? Say quick that you believe. If you believe, clap your hands!

I just love mermaids. I was a mermaid in my past life. I just feel it when I go in the sea. I just feel a connection there between me, and the water, and the fish - they speak to me - and the shells - they ring out to me.

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth.

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids.

When I was a child, I wanted to be... a fairy. I still do, really, except that now I've now graduated to wanting to be a pixie.

My clients are the whales and the seals.

I've always said that I don't believe in Santa Claus, but I could make a great movie about him if I set my mind to it.

We actually say in 'Nightbreed,' 'God is an astronaut, Oz is over the rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters go.' There's a lovely sense in which there's a simple thesis being played out here. These are things you understand as a child out on the play yard.

I have more faith in Santa Claus now than I do an exec.